SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Erica Herr enjoys country music, but the 17-year-old struggled with a song title for her first round at the 68th Women’s U.S. Open.

Herr, a sectional qualifier medalist, staggered in with two final bogeys for a 5-over-par 77 at the 6,821-yard, par-72 Sebonack Golf Club.

“I don’t know what the song would be, but it definitely would include a truck or a cornfield. That’s it,” Herr said. “I didn’t hit into any cornfields.”

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No fescue, either, as Herr looked fresh from her very first driver down the middle as a night’s rest had rejuvenated her talent.

Yesterday delivered the ride of a lifetime for the Council Rock North High senior, who went out early for a round that included 13 pars and five bogeys.

“If you would have given me 77 right from the start and I didn’t have to go out there? I’d have taken that in a minute. I’d take it like that,” Herr beamed, snapping her fingers.

“But then again, I didn’t think that I would shoot a big number because my game is really under control right now. I didn’t miss that many shots.”

Council Rock’s two-time defending PIAA girls champion looked poised during a round that included her dad, Eric, as caddie, while mother Cyndie and brother Zachary watched every shot.

Herr scared a birdie on her first hole, but most pars came after solid chips and perfect pace on putts frequently beyond 25 feet.

“And with a lot of break. Yeah, I putted great all day,” Herr said. “I missed a couple of putts from about 5 or 6 feet, but overall that’s about as good as it gets. Being in the U.S. Open, that’s pretty cool, too.”

Herr and the 156-player field faced a different course than the one they had seen during three practice rounds. The wind was gone, and humidity made Sebonack Golf Club greens accessible.

Inbee Park, in search of her third consecutive major, complimented USGA officials.

“The USGA was a little generous,” she said. “A lot of tees were moved up. So instead of hitting like five irons, we were hitting nine irons and that was making the course much easier.”

Herr started with three straight pars, then faltered at No. 4, where a short approach shot hit the right front portion of the green before it trickled into a bunker.

“I came within inches of hitting the perfect bunker shot, but the ball rolled back in,” she said. “I was fortunate to walk away with a bogey.”

No. 5 offered a par before Herr made consecutive bogeys that included a three-putt bogey-4 at No. 7.

Nine straight pars followed before another three-putt for a bogey-4 at No. 17, followed by a smidgeon of a mishit on her second shot at the par-5 18th.

Herr’s second shot found a fairway bunker. The Wake Forest commit could pen a song that says she deserved better than what she got.

“We’ll take it,” Eric Herr said. “Erica hit the ball great, She may have missed twor or three shots, but, man, she came ready to play. We were right in the round from the first tee shot. It was great.”